CHAMBERSBURG - Chambersburg police are reminding local residents to lock their vehicles when they leave them parked in the borough.

Police are investigating thefts from several unlocked vehicles parked in the area of Middle Street and South Coldbrook Avenue early the morning of Aug. 12.

Police received a call at 3:15 a.m. from a citizen who was following several individuals who were entering unlocked vehicles. The individuals realized they were being observed by the caller and fled prior to police arrival on the scene, according to the police report.

The caller told police the individuals were walking up the street trying every vehicle door handle, then rummaging through the contents of unlocked vehicles.

The thieves managed to take items of value and any cash they found in the unlocked vehicles, police said.

"Vehicles should always be locked with no items of value left in plain sight," police said in a news release.

Anyone with information that would lead to the identification of the suspects is asked to contact the Chambersburg Police Department at 717-264-4131 or leave a tip on Crimewatch.

Franklin County

DUI/CRASH: A Chambersburg woman who crossed the center line on Hollywell Avenue late on Aug. 11 and hit another vehicle before fleeing the crash scene on foot faces charges of driving under the influence and causing a injury-related accident as well as a number of traffic offenses.

Police said the crash happened in the 1100 block of Hollywell Avenue, according to a police report.

Reynosa-Ruiz was charged with two counts of driving under the influence, one count of causing an injury accident while driving without a license, one count of causing an accident involving damage to an attended vehicle and summary traffic violations.

She was taken to Franklin County Jail to await arraignment by the on-call magistrate.

(Incident CPD2017-08872)

INDECENT EXPOSURE: A Chambersburg man was arrested Aug. 12, and charged with indecent exposure as the result of an incident in the 1100 block of Stanley Avenue on Aug. 8 where he is accused of standing in the entrance to an apartment wearing nothing but a T-shirt and exposing himself to a women returning home to the apartment complex.

The woman reported the incident to police after it happened and the man was later identified as Jonathan Mena, who lived in the same apartment complex. He was arrested Aug. 12.

(Incident CPD2017-08749)

Fulton County

VEHICLE THEFT: Pennsylvania State Police, McConnellsburg, are investigating the theft of a vehicle belonging to a Harrisonville man while it was parked on the front lawn of his Brooklyn Drive residence with the keys left inside.

The theft took place sometime between 10 p.m. Aug. 6 and 4:30 p.m. Aug. 7. It was recovered on Aug. 10.

The case is still under investigation and charges are pending, police said.

(Incident PA`17-851606)

RETAIL THEFT: Charges are pending against a McConnellsburg man accused of stealing merchandise from the Family Dollar store on Buchanan Street in McConnellsburg at 3:47 p.m. Aug. 11.

Police said the man was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia after he was detained. A door at the store was damaged by the man as he was removed from the store.

(Incident PA17-855817)

BURGLARY: Pennsylvania State Police in McConnellsburg are looking for the burglars who stole a large number of items from a storage unit on Grist Mill
Road in Dublin Township sometime between 6 p.m. Aug. 4 and 5 p.m. Aug. 7.

Police said the burglars entered the storage unit at Keystone Property Management Storage Units through a vacant unit and stole fishing rod cases, cleats, a skimmer, a box of chain saw chains, and assorted CDs and DVDs.

Police remind residents to keep their unattended storage lockers locked at all times.

Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to contact Trooper Miller at the McConnellsburg barracks, 717- 485-3131.